# Saijana Village, Meerganj, Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Meerganj, Bareilly 

# Saijana

Saijana is a village in Meerganj sub-district of Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,521 people in 861 households**, the 6th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%.

- 5,521people (2011)
- 861households
- 50.0%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saijana

Of every 100 households in Saijana in 2011, 9 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Saijana · ■ Meerganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**52%

Tap water ****3%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****66%**

**70%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Saijana?

■ Saijana · ■ Meerganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**52.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**917

Working population ****25.3%**

**29.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 37.5% for women. 45% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 587 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (16%) · **■** Household industry 53 (4%) · **■** Other work 110 (8%) · **■** Marginal 418 (30%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Meerganj

- Bairamnagar8,437 people
- Sidhauli7,320 people
- Agras6,867 people
- Jaferpur6,264 people
- Sorha5,408 people
- Kurtara5,141 people
- Churai Dalpatpur5,114 people
- Ghatgaon4,683 people

[All 244 villages in Meerganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bareilly/meerganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saijana?5,521 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saijana in?Bareilly district (Meerganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saijana?50.0% (Census 2011)